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Celebrating life at Barchester
We celebrate life through everything we do, from our thoughtful experiences and activities to our delicious food. We offer the latest technology as well as sensory engagement to nurture the wellbeing of our residents. With a wide variety of tailored activities and events we make sure our residents have the best physical, mental, spiritual and social stimulation, all bespoke to them. Take a look at what we’ve been up to…
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Pottering In The Garden
Our resident Jean loves to do a bit of gardening by herself as well as in Gardening Club. She is out first thing with a carer, helping keep our raised beds ship shape!
Congratulations to Megan Priestly, Employee of the Month!
THE GREAT BAYLEAF SHORTBREAD BAKE-OFF
Things got wonderfully competitive yesterday at Bayleaf kitchen as Margaret and Kath took part in The Great Bayleaf Shortbread Bake-Off.
With hands all clean and rolling pins at the ready, our talented bakers got stuck in—mixing, rolling and cutting their way to what they hoped would be the perfect shortbread.
There was plenty of laughter, a little flour flying around and, of course, the all-important taste testing.
But who baked the winning batch?
One thing is certain: everyone was a winner when there was delicious shortbread to enjoy!
Rain or shine, the fun never stops at Bayleaf
After weeks upon weeks of glorious sunshine, we’re finally getting to see some much-needed rain.
But a few rainy days certainly haven’t put a dampener on things here at Bayleaf! We’ve been keeping our residents busy with a fantastic variety of activities.
We’ve been having fun with games on the magic tablet, held our very own in-house ten-pin bowling competition and we’ve enjoyed plenty of ball games with our giant parachute.
It has been such a pleasure watching our residents getting involved, having fun and, most importantly, enjoying themselves.
Whether the sun is shining or the rain is falling, there’s always plenty going on at Bayleaf!
Crafting Club
Residents enjoy getting creative and taking part in a variety of fun arts and crafts activities. They enjoy the socialising aspect of the craft club alongside demonstrating their creative skills.
What a Fantastic Farm experience.
A hugely popular afternoon at Wimborne was our petting Farm experience.
We had residents holding ducks, guinea pigs, rabbits and chicks. We had a wonderful array of animals to enjoy and it was glorious to see the many generations enjoying the fun and frolicks from the sheep, goats, minature donkeys and even turkeys!
The donkeys had an internal tour too!
Summer Fair Success
Our Summer Fair was a wonderful afternoon of stalls, songs, raffles, cakes, icecreams and smiling faces. We had many family and community join our residents.
Fresh Bread is winning plaudits
The fresh daily bread is going down a treat, especially as we move to our delicious, nutritious Autumn menu
